In an effort to halt reported abuse at programs claiming to help young people — such as offering to "fix" gay children — a state lawmaker and LGBT activists on Friday announced a campaign to regulate the so-called troubled teen industry....

Parents in the Bay Area are demanding that two religious leaders be removed for allegedly disrupting the tolerant atmosphere at their Catholic school.
One reason parents at Star of the Sea School are upset is they feel children are being excluded from...

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi bruised some longtime liberal allies when she worked with Speaker John Boehner to craft a rare bipartisan accord on Medicare. But lawmakers say it will enhance her stature as a dealmaker, and may help her party avoid...

The battle for dominance in the Middle East draws on ancient enmity between the Shiite and Sunni branches of Islam, but what drives it is a thoroughly modern struggle for power between Iran and the Arab monarchies led by Saudi Arabia.
Now the United...

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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) recently honored three local women as Women of the Year in his district.
Seda Khojayan of Glendale, Lynn White-Shelby of Burbank and Jean Maluccio of La Crescenta were recognized for their professional backgrounds and involvement in their communities.
“It was wonderful to meet with this group of remarkable women, and to recognize their outstanding work in our community,” Schiff said in a statement. “These women demonstrate the truth of the maxim that if you...

Longtime La Cañada resident and civic volunteer Ann Neilson was among 14 individuals in the 28th Congressional District to be recognized as a "Woman of the Year" last week by Rep. Adam Schiff during a luncheon event held in Echo Park.
Neilson said she first learned she was one of this year's honorees after receiving a telephone call from Schiff's office advising her she had been selected and inviting her to the March 20 celebratory lunch.
"I was completely surprised," Neilson said. "And what a great...

More than 30 members of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging their colleagues to allocate $16.1 million in the next federal budget for an earthquake early warning system, which could give people as much as a minute’s warning before severe shaking arrives.
So far, $6.5 million in federal money has been allocated for the project, including $5 million in new funding President Obama signed into law in December. But the total price tag for establishing a quake early warning system for...

WASHINGTON The U.S. will maintain 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of the year as President Barack Obama agreed Tuesday to slow the pace of withdrawal and give the war-torn country more time to secure itself.
Obama, who had hoped to bring the numbers to 5,000 by the close of the year, said after meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the elevated troop levels would give the country and its new democratic government more time to defend itself and prevent it from being used to launch...

Once hailed by President Barack Obama as a model for fighting extremism, the U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen has all but collapsed as the country descends into chaos, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials.
Operations against militants have been scaled back dramatically amid the fall of the American-backed government and the evacuation of U.S. personnel. What had been consistent pressure on Yemen's dangerous al-Qaida affiliate has been eased, the officials say, and a safe haven exists for the...

Three dozen members of Congress from California, Oregon and Washington on Tuesday pressed for full funding of a West Coast earthquake early warning system.
The group on Tuesday sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee asking that the U.S. Geological Survey receive $16.1 million to make a demonstration system fully operational.
"With advanced notice, people can take cover, automated systems can be triggered to slow down trains and manage the power grid, doctors can pause surgeries, and more,"...